| A Slipping-Down Life Contributor(s): Tyler, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345478959 ISBN-13: 9780345478955 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2004 Annotation: "Without Anne Tyler, American fiction would be an immeasurably bleaker place." NEWSDAY Evie Decker is a shy, slightly plump teenager, lonely and silent. But her quiet life is shattered when she hears the voice of Drumstrings Casey on the radio and becomes instantly attracted to him. She manages to meet him, bursting out of her lonely shell--and into the attentive gaze of the intangible man who becomes all too real.... "From the Paperback edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004274256 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.36 lbs) 192 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 78288 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "To read a novel by Anne Tyler is to fall in love." --People Evie Decker is a shy, slightly plump teenager, lonely and silent. But her quiet life is shattered when she hears the voice of Drumstrings Casey on the radio and becomes instantly attracted to him. She manages to meet him, bursting out of her lonely shell--and into the attentive gaze of the intangible man who becomes all too real.... "Without Anne Tyler, American fiction would be an immeasurably bleaker place." --Newsweek |